Calle Halfvarsson and Edvin Anger felt that they did not keep up with the competitors during the sprint penalty and quickly vented their dissatisfaction with the material.
- If you have to be honest and say it as it is, neither I nor Edvin have the material to be able to join and fight with the best today, said Calle Halfvarsson, among other things.
Now the dam manager Petter Myhlback is responding to the criticism.
- What the riders say is of course true.
But it's double bottomed on a day like this.
We have a WC gold at the same time as it will be for the men.
For them, everything has to be right if they are to win a WC medal and today there are things that are not at their best, he says.
Emma Ribom and Jonna Sundling won the final after a pull by Sundling at the end of their final stretch.
The fact that the big favorites didn't win bigger has to do with the election miss, according to Myhlback.
- It was the same preparation.
I also don't think the ladies had the material with them but they have an excess capacity which means they get rescued and take their gold.
Now the herd team will evaluate for upcoming races.
- We go out and test the skis.
But first we have a WC gold to celebrate before we move on with it, he says.